“Honoured to continue to support…” Boeing VP on Indian Navy’s desire to add additional P-8I aircraft

Sep 21, 2023

New Delhi, September 21 (ANI): Speaking to ANI on India being the second largest operator of P-8I maritime surveillance aircraft, Boeing Defence Vice President Dan Gillian on Sept 21 said that the company is in continued discussions with the Indian Navy about their desire to add additional P-8I aircraft. Furthermore, he added that the Indian Navy wanted to add additional aircraft because the 12 airplanes they have are performing well each and every day, accumulating more than 40,000 hours of flight time thus far. He said, “So we're in continued discussions with the Indian Navy about their desire to add additional P-8I aircraft. That makes sense that they want to add additional aircraft because the 12 airplanes they have are performing well each and every day, accumulating more than 40,000 hours of flight time thus far. I'll let the Indian Navy talk specifically about timelines for decisions, but we're honored to continue to support the fleet and talk with them about bringing enhanced capacity and capability to the P-8I fleet. We have worked extensively to grow and expand our supply chain over time in India. Today, suppliers produce content on every P-8I delivered for both Indian Navy and air forces and Navies around the world. Our focus as we go forward is on establishing deeper MRO on sustainment capacity in country in the interest of self-reliance. We're already doing airframe MRO here in India on the P-8I aircraft. We have components that are done at the organic level and throughout the supply chain here in India. We want to expand on that in the interest of self-reliance for India...”